Challenges Are A Comin'

The news is good, but with a caveat.
According to a recent report, "US Aerospace Industry Analysis,"
the US continues to lead the global aerospace industry, growing
last year by more than 8 percent to exceed $183.5 billion versus
$169.8 billion in 2005.

Her life as a ground-breaking aviatrix -- linked with her
mysterious death at age 39 when she disappeared while attempting an
around-the-world flight -- are likely to draw aviation enthusiasts,
educators, women, and the general public to the new Amelia Earhart
exhibition at the Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma
City.

CA Airport Has A Shaggy Problem

Top 100 Teams Compete In World's Largest Rocket Contest

By the end of Saturday, the winning team of the Team America
Rocketry Challenge will have been named, having successfully
designed, built, and flown a model rocket carrying one hen egg and
returning it safely (uncracked) to the ground while staying aloft
for exactly 45 seconds and reaching an altitude of exactly 850
feet.

Tours Choctaw (FL) Aerospace Institute

Dick DeVos, Detroit's 2006 gubernatorial candidate launched the
most expensive gubernatorial campaign in Michigan's history, at $41
million (he lost). DeVos is the son of billionaire Amway co-founder
Richard DeVos. He is co-owner of the NBA's Orlando Magic.